BOOK REVIEW 85 succeeded in presenting a far more meaningful and historically warranted picture. Pratap Chandra appears to have read widely in this field and is familiar with most of the relevant and supporting Marxist literature. He has certainly fulfilled his aim of putting before us the view of these writers as well as some of the collateral evidence. This is not to say that Pratap Chandra is biased; on the other hand, he like any social scientist, is normative and political at the core of his analysis. Even if we accept, arguenda, that social criticism can be done without partisanship but with the interests of the whole society alone at stake, it still must be normative and political. Such would be a form of social eudaetnomsm, an ethic holding that what is right is what advances the well being of the whole society. In fact, the needs of the whole take priority over all other interests. TRIDIB K CHAKRABARTI fflE SOCIAL SdtMTIST PKSS Announce Jtt^rsFpublication Labor and Monopoly Capital By Harry Bpavcpman To be reload on Way 1, 1979. Price Rs. 38/- For Social Scientist Associates : Rs. 22.50 SOCIAL SCIENTIST ASSOCIATES Individuals may become Social Scientist Associates by remitting Rs. 10/- by Money order/ Bank Draft/ Postal order. Associates will receive an order form for the book soon. Money for the book may be sent along with the order form. The Manager Social Scientist Press Indian School of Social Sciences P B 116, Trtvacidrum. 898001